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The Easy Way To Create PDF With The ReportLab Toolkit
The ReportLab Open Source PDF library is a proven industry-strength PDF generating solution, that you can use for meeting your requirements and deadlines in enterprise reporting systems.
This free Open Source PDF library is suitable for web publishers, developers or creative design professionals who need to quickly and easily create or automate complex (even data-driven) documents. It lets you create professional documents programmatically without being locked into one special technology and/or platform. It has grown over years in response to the real-world requirements of large financial institutions’ reporting needs, making it the trusted proven foundation of existing enterprise solutions rather than a just a fancy gimmick or interesting library.
Features
- Create professional portable documents
- Real document layout engine (Platypus)
- Flowable objects such as paragraphs, headlines, tables, images, graphics, etc.
- Arbitrary Type-1 fonts
- Bitmap images, vector graphics
- Library of reusable primitive shapes
- Extensible widget library
- Uses Python, a clean OO language
- Layered architecture
- Includes simple demos and more complex tools
- Allows for any data sources
- Fully available source code
- Strong community support
- Platform-independent
- Includes PythonPoint - PDF Presentation Tool
An Open-Source Enterprise Wiki and Web 2.0 Application Platform, TWiki
TWiki is a flexible, powerful, and easy to use enterprise wiki, enterprise collaboration platform and knowledge management system. It is a Structured Wiki, typically used to run a project development space, a document management system, a knowledge base, or any other groupware tool, on an intranet or on the internet. Web content can be created collaboratively by using just a browser. Users without programming skills can create web applications. Developers can extend the functionality of TWiki with Plugins. TWiki fosters information flow within an organization; lets distributed teams work together seamlessly and productively; and eliminates the one-webmaster syndrome of outdated intranet content.
TWiki looks and feels like a normal Intranet or Internet web site. However it also has a Edit link at the bottom of every topic (web page), everybody can change a topic or add content by just using a browser.
You can surf and add/change content to get an idea of how TWiki works. Start surfing a demo at the WebHome topic, or learn about the platform in the Welcome Guest.
13 Amazing Firefox Add-Ons To Make Designers Lives Easier
As we all know that Firefox is a fastest growing popular web browser. There are lots of ease provided by the firefox and this is the main reason for its popularity. There are lots of free download able extensions and add-ons available on the internet for firefox and there demands are increasing every day. In this post, I am listing down 13 Amazing Firefox Add-Ons To Make Designers Lives Easier.
You are welcome to share if you know more amazing firefox add-ons that will save time which our readers/viewers may like.
This is a great tool for web developers, since you can easily see how your web page displayed in IE with just one click and then switch back to Firefox.
Style Sheet Chooser II allows you to choose author-provided alternate style sheets for a web site, and have those choices be persisted for all pages on the same site. Style Sheet Chooser II replaces Firefox’s built-in style sheet switcher - its functionality is available via the [View]->[Page Style] menu item, one-click stylesheet rotating Toolbar icon and Statusbar icon. Icons can be switched on/off via Extension Preferences.
A simple CSS property viewer. Add CSSViewer in your toolbar to use it. To enable/disable this, click the toolbar icon.
Validates a page using the W3C CSS Validator. Adds an option to the right-click context menu and to the Tools menu to allow for easy validation of the CSS of the current page. Opens the results in a new tab. Will only work on pages that have a CSS file associated. For example it will work with http://www.w3.org/ as the URL has a CSS file.
With ColorZilla you can get a color reading from any point in your browser, quickly adjust this color and paste it into another program. You can Zoom the page you are viewing and measure distances between any two points on the page. The built-in palette browser allows choosing colors from pre-defined color sets and saving the most used colors in custom palettes. DOM spying features allow getting various information about DOM elements quickly and easily.
FireShot is a Firefox extension that creates screenshots of web pages.
Unlike other extensions, this plugin provides a set of editing and annotation tools, which let users quickly modify captures and insert text and graphical annotations. Such functionality will be especially useful for web designers, testers and content reviewers. It’s possible to choose whether entire web page or only visible part of this page should be captured.
Check the validity of links on any webpage. With this add-on you can check if any link in the page is broken or not validated now.
Simply highlight a single element (e.g. a paragraph or a strong tag ), right-click and select `Font Finder`, then marvel as the full CSS text styling of the selected element appears.
The goal of this project is to adds information about the HTTP headers by adding a ‘Headers’ tab in ‘View Page Info’ of a web page and by adding a tool in the ‘Tools->Web Development’ menu to be able to display http headers in real time (while pages are being downloaded from the Internet.This is also letting you edit request headers and replay an URL (beta). Look for the Replay button in the live window!
Display the Google PageRank, Alexa rank and Compete ranking anywhere in your browser, along with fast keyword density analyser, keyword/nofollow highlighting, backward/related links, Alexa info and other SEO tools.
FireFTP is a free, secure, cross-platform FTP client for Mozilla Firefox which provides easy and intuitive access to FTP servers.
Draw a ruler across any webpage to check the width, height, or alignment of page elements in pixels.
HTML Validator is a Mozilla extension that adds HTML validation inside Firefox and Mozilla. The number of errors of a HTML page is seen on the form of an icon in the status bar when browsing. The extension can validate the HTML sent by the server or the HTML in the memory (after Ajax execution)
11 Free Windows Programs Alternatives For Linux
We have lots of software available to use on Windows platform to complete our different work, but they are not free and when we go to run them on Linux so we don’t have any option. Don’t worry about it, today we are listing here 11 Free Windows Programs Alternatives For Linux in which most of them are also usable on the Windows platform. There are many alternative available for single software, but I just tried to list down some very similar and useful alternative.You are welcome to share if you know more Free Windows Programs Alternatives For Linux that our readers/viewers may like.
Alternative: Adobe Photoshop
GIMP is an acronym for GNU Image Manipulation Program. It is a freely distributed program for such tasks as photo retouching, image composition and image authoring.
Alternative: Quick Books
GNUCash is designed to be easy to use, yet powerful and flexible, GnuCash allows you to track bank accounts, stocks, income and expenses. As quick and intuitive to use as a checkbook register, it is based on professional accounting principles to ensure balanced books and accurate reports. Though not as powerful and wide-scale as Quick Books, GNUCash is a perfect open source tool for small business and personal finance purposes.
Alternative: Microsoft Office
OpenOffice is the leading open-source office software suite for word processing, spreadsheets, presentations, graphics, databases and more. It is available in many languages and works on all common computers. It stores all your data in an international open standard format and can also read and write files from other common office software packages. It can be downloaded and used completely free of charge for any purpose.
Alternative: Adobe Acrobat
Free (and open source) editor for manipulating PDF documents. GUI version + commandline interface. Scripting is used to a great extent in editor and almost anything can be scripted, it is possible to create own scripts or plugins.
Alternative: ACDSee
The photo viewer is a fast, lightweight application for viewing images on your desktop. Installed with Picasa 3, it lets you to take a quick look at images without having to fully open the Picasa 3 program.
Alternative: Microsoft Internet Explorer
Amaya is a Web editor, i.e. a tool used to create and update documents directly on the Web. Browsing features are seamlessly integrated with the editing and remote access features in a uniform environment. This follows the original vision of the Web as a space for collaboration and not just a one-way publishing medium.
Alternative: Microsoft SharePoint
Alfresco is the leading open source alternative for enterprise content management. It couples the innovation of open source with the stability of a true enterprise-class platform. The open source model allows Alfresco to use best-of-breed open source technologies and contributions from the open source community to get higher quality software produced more quickly at much lower cost.
Alternative: Adobe Flash
The OpenLaszlo platform allows developers to create applications with the rich user interface capabilities of desktop client software and the instantaneous no-download Web deployment of HTML. The OpenLaszlo platform is open source and free for development and deployment.
Alternative: Microsoft Visual Studio
Anjuta DevStudio has been designed to be simple to operate yet powerful enough to fullfil all your programming needs. Many features have evolved since the early days and several very attractive ones added.
Alternative: Winamp
Amarok is the music player for Linux and Unix with an intuitive interface. Amarok makes playing the music you love easier than ever before - and looks good doing it.
Alternative: ViceVersa
BackupPC is a high-performance, enterprise-grade system for backing up Linux, WinXX and MacOSX PCs and laptops to a server’s disk. BackupPC is highly configurable and easy to install and maintain.
And There Are Many Reasons To Try Google Chrome!
It was really new for me that in 1 or 2 days I have read lots of articles about upcoming new web browser by Google with a name “Google Chrome”. There were lots of rumors that it will be launching or it was just announced accidently but I am proud to say “NO MORE WAITING MOMENTS OR RUMORS” for Google Chrome because in this post I am sharing a news with all of you that “Google Chrome (BETA) for Windows Has Been Released Now And There Are Many Reasons To Try Google Chrome!!” and we feel that we are few of them after google theirself who announced the release of Google Chrome on SmashingApps.Â
Google Chrome is a browser that combines a minimal design with sophisticated technology to make the web faster, safer, and easier. Below is the official release of screenshot of the browser.
Google words that why they thought to develop Google Chrome
“We realized that the web had evolved from mainly simple text pages to rich, interactive applications and that we needed to completely rethink the browser. What we really needed was not just a browser, but also a modern platform for web pages and applications, and that’s what we set out to build.“Â
They’ve used components from Apple’s WebKit and Mozilla’s Firefox, among others - and in that spirit, they are making all of Google Chrome code open source as well. They are hoping to collaborate with the entire community to help drive the web forward.
And There Are Many Reasons To Try Google Chrome!
- Web search. Web history. Address bar. Suggestions as you type. One unified box serves all your browsing needs
- Every time you open a new tab, you’ll see a visual sampling of your most visited sites, most used search engines, and recently bookmarked pages and closed tabs.
- Use web apps without opening your browser. Application shortcuts can directly load your favorite online apps.
- You can drag tabs out of the browser to create new windows, gather multiple tabs into one window or arrange your tabs however you wish — quickly and easily.
- Every tab you’re using is run independently in the browser, so if one app crashes it won’t take anything else down.
- Don’t want pages you visit to show up in your web history? Choose incognito mode for private browsing.
- Google Chrome warns you if you’re about to visit a suspected phishing, malware or otherwise unsafe website.
- Want to bookmark a web page? Just click the star icon at the left edge of the address bar and you’re done.
- When you switch to Google Chrome, you can pick up where you left off with all the bookmarks and passwords from your existing browser.
- No intrusive download manager; you see your download’s status at the bottom of your current window.
I am sure you have not seen this type of detailed feature list of Google Chrome browser before and hopefully Google can make a difference with Google Chrome in the industry. I must suggest everyone that just go and download Google Chrome to try and share your thoughts with us by commenting here and Google team as well. Our feedback will help them to make it more refine and useful for every one.
Invoicing Made Simple With Simple Invoices!
Simple Invoices is Free/Open Source Software, community developed, and designed to get the job done. There is no hype, no buzz words, and no features you are never going to use. It’s aimed at freelancers, or small businesses and non-profit organizations that need casual invoicing.
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Quick and nice looking invoices without having to set up to much. Install the software, enter a biller, a customer and go nuts creating invoices!
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Export to PDF
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Export to Microsoft Word, Excel or plain text
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Multiple invoice types
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Total invoices
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Itemised invoices
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Consulting invoices
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Invoice templates - Be able to select(or create) different layouts for your invoices
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Invoice preferences - Enables you to define and customise all the wordings on the invoices
Zimplit, An Easiest Content Management System Ever Made!
Zimplit is the easiest CMS (Content Management System) ever made.
Zimplit is extremely lightweight, simple and customizable. It’s easy to install, and easy to use via a simple web interface. Zimplit consists of only one core engine file. And of course – it’s FREE.Â
It seems Zimplit was made for normal people, not for IT gurus because it is very handy and easy in use and need no technical knowledge. It has an easiest web editor, you can see demo here or download from here!
 Features
- It’s simpler than any content management system you’ve seen before
- No admin area - you just log in and edit on-site
- You don’t need a database - all data is there, in HTML pages
- Zimplit is 100%Â search engine friendly
- You can set up your own website in 5 seconds
- Zimplit is Open Source and free forever
Gallery For Open-Source And Freely Available PHP Web Applications
OpenSrcPHP.com features an easy to browse gallery of the best Open Source PHP projects.
Each project features screenshots plus community driven comments, ratings, and bookmarking.
They also provide a hosted demo install thats refreshed every couple hours so you can immediately evaluate a working installation (as admin).
SQL Buddy, A Web Based MySQL Administration With An Ajaxed Interface
SQL Buddy, A web-based MySQL administrator with an Ajaxed interface was designed to meet the demands of modern web developers and its completely open source and free for everyone to use.
SQL Buddy uses the MySQL user table for authentication. Therefore, you can get started right away by using users that already exist. Most people will want to login as root because this level of permissions is necessary for certain tasks (like adding users, for example). However, you can login with any user that you wish.
19 Most Essential Open Source Applications That You Probably Want To Know
Today, we are listing here 19 Most Essential and useful open source applications that you probably want to know to use in your daily life. Most of them are top of the list projects that have an open source industry leading popularity and many of them are not listed here but over all the list has variety of projects for every one of you. Just take a look at them and share your thoughts here.
You are welcome to share if you know about any other open source project which our readers may like.
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WordPress - Blog Tool and Weblog Platform
WordPress is a state-of-the-art publishing platform with a focus on aesthetics, web standards, and usability. WordPress is both free and priceless at the same time.
ModSecurity - Open Source Web Application Firewall
ModSecurity is a web application firewall that can work either embedded or as a reverse proxy. It provides protection from a range of attacks against web applications and allows for HTTP traffic monitoring, logging and real-time analysis. It is also an open source project that aims to make the web application firewall technology available to everyone.
SteelBlue Open Source Web Application Server
SteelBlue is an open-source Web application server environment in which Web-database applications can be developed completely in an extended HTML language. Similar to ColdFusion and Story Server, session and user-associated data as well as SQL commands can be directly embedded into the HTML page. Therefore, no CGI programming experience is required to develop applications with SteelBlue, only knowledge of SQL and HTML.
Dolphin :: Smart Community Builder
YouTube, MySpace, Odeo, Flickr, Match and Facebook - all in one, customizable and under your full control. You’re limited only by your imagination - not by software. Dolphin Smart Community Builder is a universal, free, open source software that allows you to build any kind of online community. With a huge variety of features & options, you can quickly develop your very unique and successful website.
PURE Unobtrusive Rendering Engine For HTML
PURE is an Open Source JavaScript Template Engine for HTML. Truly unobtrusive, it leaves your HTML untouched. It is cross-browser (IE 6.0+, FF 2+, Safari 2.0+, Opera 9.0+).
Bugzilla - Mozilla’s bug tracking system
Bugzilla is a bug tracking system designed to help teams manage software development. Hundreds of organizations across the globe are using this powerful tool to get organized and communicate effectively.
Mindquarry DO - Free Open Source Software Download for Team Collaboration
Mindquarry DO is an Open Source collaborative software platform for file sharing, task management, team collaboration and Wiki editing that is available for Windows, Linux and Mac OS X. Mindquarry runs as a web application with an optional desktop client for Windows, Linux and Mac OS that allows for desktop synchronization and offline work. As a result, you are able to connect with team members and share information from wherever you are, effectively improving team-work and increasing productivity within your team.
EPIWARE - A Open Source Document Management System
Epiware GPL project and document management, for those that like to be on the cutting edge of development. Take control of your information and content today.
jobberBase - The Open Source Job Board Software
jobberBase is a great open source job board software for anyone. You can get online your job posting website with jobberBase. It’s easy to install and configure to start your job board.
Flex is a highly productive, open source framework for building and maintaining expressive web applications that deploy consistently on all major browsers, desktops and operating systems.
Open source Ticket Request System
OTRS is an Open source Ticket Request System (also well known as trouble ticket system) with many features to manage customer telephone calls and e-mails. The system is built to allow your support, sales, pre-sales, billing, internal IT, helpdesk, etc. department to react quickly to inbound inquiries. Do you receive many e-mails and want to answer them with a team of agents? You’re going to love the OTRS!
phpMyVisites Free Web Statistics And Analytics
phpMyVisites is a free and powerful open source (GNU/GPL) software for websites statistics and audience measurements. phpMyVisites gives a lot of information on websites visitors, visited pages, software/hardware utilization, etc… The GUI Interface is fun and practical. The installation is entirely automated and very simple.
LimeSurvey - The Leading Open Source Survey Tool
LimeSurvey (formerly PHPSurveyor) is an Open Source PHP web application to develop, publish and collect responses to online & offline surveys.
dotproject - Open Source Project and Task Management Software
The original theme flagged dotProject as an open source alternative to Microsoft products and other expensive, commercial applications. Right from the start, dotProject had, as it’s core aims a number of simple requirements which are Clean, simple and consistent user interface; Project Management functionality - not another CMS, groupware environment or all things to all people collaboration tool, but a project management environment; Open source and free usage.
Freeway is the most advanced Open Source eCommerce platform and Freeway offers selling methods only previously available in enterprise class or niche bespoke systems. Without having to purchase a commercial system and then paying a developer to build a custom installation, Freeway does what you need out of the box. Of course Freeway is great for selling products but it also sells events AND services AND subscriptions. From appointments and time based bookings to event ticketing and subscriptions Freeway is the eCommerce platform.
AtMail Open - Redefining Open Source Webmail
AtMail is an open source webmail client written in PHP. We aim to provide a elegant Ajax webmail client for existing IMAP mailservers, with less bloat and a focus on an intuitive, simple user interface.
OpenOffice - The Free and Open Productivity Suite
OpenOffice is the leading open-source office software suite for word processing, spreadsheets, presentations, graphics, databases and more. It is available in many languages and works on all common computers. It stores all your data in an international open standard format and can also read and write files from other common office software packages. It can be downloaded and used completely free of charge for any purpose.
Open Workbench - Open Source Project Management and Project Scheduling for Windows
Open Workbench is an open source Windows-based desktop application that provides robust project scheduling and management functionality and is free to distribute throughout the enterprise.
The SeaMonkey project is a community effort to develop the SeaMonkey all-in-one internet application suite (see below). Such a software suite was previously made popular by Netscape and Mozilla, and the SeaMonkey project continues to develop and deliver high-quality updates to this concept. Containing an Internet browser, email & newsgroup client, HTML editor, IRC chat and web development tools, SeaMonkey is sure to appeal to advanced users, web developers and corporate users.
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